First Hasselblad Camera Used in Space is up for Auction this Week

The first Hasselblad camera and Zeiss 80mm Planar f/2.8 lens carried into orbit by Wally Schirra on Mercury-Atlas 8 will be up for auction on November 13 at RR Auction’s Boston Gallery.

The camera is a Hasselblad 500c that was purchased by Wally Schirra at a Houston camera shop in 1962. He brought the camera back to NASA at it was modified by the US Air Force camera lab to include a 100-exposure film magazine, an aiming device mounted on the side and it was repainted black to minimize reflections.